Like most of my photos, another opportunistic one; here I was waiting at one of our favourite Pizza spots, and Jules took the kids off to the little girls room; the light was bright and allowed my trusty old Panasonic DMZ-TZ6 aspire to greater pretensions.

I was really pleased when I got this up on the PC screen later – it seems so fresh and clean, like an iced-jacuzzi!

I have to assume pilots become jaded by the array of scenes they are privileged to see. What a shame! This picture taken along the western shores of France – the river is the Seudre, just north of the mouth of the Gironde.

The Gateway Arch in St Louis is cooler than most people probably realise. It’s bigger and older than I expected, and far more compelling too. You mostly only see it in silhouette, but all angles give something to contemplate. It reminded me of Brancusi’s Bird in Space, for the feeling of thrust, and it’s feeling of ‘trying to escape’ the ground. Click for the full res photo.